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Back in turn-of-the century days, when the Germanic Museum was first planned, German-American relations were at a peak. Gifts from Kaiser Wilhelm II and other Germans were warmly received by Harvard officials. Adolphus Busch, St. Louis beer magnate and the museum's chief financial benefactor, could comfortably proclaim, at an elaborate 1912 cornerstone ceremony, the on vocation, "Forever live the good entente between Germany and the United States." Five years later, just as major work on the museum was completed, America entered World...
Speaking before 200 German merchants in Bremen, the President Emeritus of Harvard said that German-American relations, "which despite all obstacles have developed so favorably after the war will be even closer and more friendly during the years ahead, for genuine mutual understanding is an all-important necessity...
Although the Nazis would not allow him to plead because he was a Jew, Hays appeared in court and helped to defend the Bulgarian Communist, Georgy Dimitrov, in the Reichstag fire trial, and much later he spoke up for the rights of Nazis in the German-American Bund. He got his biggest fee-$578,000-in 1933, when he successfully broke the $50 million will of Ella Wendel, an eccentric spinster, on behalf of 60 heirs. In the '30s he defended Wall Street brokers, when he thought the SEC was trampling on their rights. "I hate censorship of business...
Conant spoke confidently of German-American ties. "The relations between the United States troops and the German inhabitants are remarkably satisfactory considering all the difficulties which are bound to occur when foreign troops are present in large numbers. . . Although the united States is legally still an occupying power, actually the United States troops are present as defense forces." Conant said this situation is fully understood by the Germans...
...important book and then fade out quickly join the "noncurrent" (i.e., dropped)' list. Death or conviction for a crime are automatic reasons for dropping a name, although after death the name may turn up in Who Was Who. Alger Hiss went out after he was convicted of perjury. German-American Bundsman Fritz Kuhn as well as Communist Boss William Z. Foster were knocked out for being too "notorious." No sports figures were included until 1943, when the rule was changed. Among the sports figures that Who's Who has listed: West Point's Football Coach Earl Blaik...